Keep learning, expanding to take ownership of your career | Tips to deliver an engaging remote presentation | How to address depression in the workplace
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Keep learning, expanding to take ownership of your career Gain control of your career by looking for opportunities that will increase your potential, such as advanced learning or using your skills in a different area, Michael Arthur writes. Look for support from your network and plan out your next steps. Forbes (6/12)Tips to deliver an engaging remote presentation In a remote webinar, ensure the video is set up properly and engage your audience by maintaining eye contact with the camera, Dorie Clark writes. Get familiar with the software, and decide in advance your format for taking questions and comments. Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model) (6/11)
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The Landscape
How to address depression in the workplace Stress at work can trigger symptoms of depression, according to a guide from the Institute for Work & Health. The guide offers ways employers can support workers with depression, including providing a return-to-work plan and communicating with genuine compassion. Safety + Health (6/6)
Your Next Challenge
Reaching out in online platforms could lead to a job If you don't have any personal connections to reach out to in your job search, consider using an online platform such as LinkedIn to get employers' attention, Alyse Kalish writes. Sales executive Farah Patel posted on LinkedIn about her layoff, which ended up landing her a job after hundreds of comments of support and several interviews. The Muse (6/11)Go beyond online job applications, network Don't rely on just one avenue to search for a job, and branch out beyond applying online via various platforms by also networking and reaching out to recruiters, Elizabeth Grace Saunders advises. Apply for the jobs you have searched for instead of letting them go, but only apply for jobs you know you want. Fast Company online (6/8)
Try to increase the gap between when you stop working and when you go to sleep by creating a nighttime routine, and fit in some exercise each day, entrepreneur Sujan Patel writes. Cut down on all the tasks you give yourself by delegating or saying no, and clear out your low-priority tasks before the start of a new week. Entrepreneur online (6/11)
The Water Cooler
Mass. city residents join to build huge paper airplane Volunteers have been working in Fitchburg, Mass. to construct a 64-foot-long paper airplane, which is too big to fly on its own, but will be lifted in the air by a crane during a public event. Nearly 5,000 people, including students and faculty from 30 schools, helped add paper to the airplane. Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, Mass.) (6/10)
You have to trust in something -- your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well-worn path, and that will make all the difference.
